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RAILWAYS IN FIRST WORLD WAR 8th International Conference on Railway-history organized by the International Railway History Association / Association Internationale d’Histoire des Chemins de Fer / Asociación Internacional de Historia Ferroviaria and supported by · UIC / International Union of Railways · Service historique de la Défense (France) · SNCF / French National Railways (France)…

Eno has posted the transcripts from Clay Committee meetings October 7 and 8, 1954. The President’s Advisory Committee (often referred to as the “Clay Committee” for its chairman, General Lucius Clay) on a National Highway Program was set up to provide President Eisenhower with a plan to finance the proposed Interstate Highway System. Go to…

Arthur Andrew Olson III has written a new book – Forging the “Bee Line” Railroad, 1848–1889: The Rise and Fall of Hoosier Partisans and the Cleveland Clique John Howard Brown reviews the book for the Economic History Association. An excerpt: The author presents this convoluted history adequately, although greater organizational clarity would have been a boon.…

August 21st was the 120th anniversary of the founding of Oldsmobile. Ransom E. Olds founded the Olds Motor Vehicle Company in Lansing, MI in 1897. Check out more information at the U.S. Census site commemorating the anniversary. ~Thanks to Alan Pisarski for this post

The Eno Center for Transportation has posted documents related to the Cabinet Meeting on 30 September 1955 held after President Eisenhower’s heart attack. The resources include: A one-page memo dated September 26 from Cabinet Secretary Max Rabb to White House Chief of Staff Sherman Adams suggesting that a Cabinet meeting be held. A two-page agenda…